A Bit of Cyn

I just returned from presenting findings for my first ever project of my own! I’ll admit I was a bit nervous, especially when my contact called me an hour before the meeting to tell me she was concerned we didn’t do all the things we said we would do. At the end of the meeting, I asked her if she felt we addressed all of the objectives we set out to address and she said we did! Yay!!

They will now review the full document in detail and provide feedback/input late this week or early next week. We’ll need to make some changes, I’m sure, then we’ll present to a large group at the company. Then we will officially be done with this project!! (And hoping they hire us to do more work with them.)

It feels really good to have done this project on my own, without my brother or my dad. And having gotten a positive response at the meeting today gives me more confidence that I really can do this and know what I’m doing. However, I still need to work on the whole selling part because that’s what really stops me. If I could just have the confidence to do that, the jobs would come so much more easily!

Now, you all may know this already, but I’ve just discovered this. After 25 years of doing my own laundry, I have discovered something that has changed my life! It has really made my life smell so much better. What is this life altering discovery? It’s this: If you use scent free detergent with some really yummy smelling fabric softner, your clothes smell THAT much better. Yummmm…. I think if you smell this blog very carefully, you’ll see what I mean. Go ahead, sniff it. Sniff it! See?

The kids and I are heading to TX with my parents in a week. Ron is heading to India for work, so he won’t be joining us. I’m both excited and nervous about the trip. While my parents will be there to help me out, it’s not quite the same as having “the other” parent there. Plus, the kids and I will be sharing a room and I’m really not sure how that is going to pan out. Oh, and I’m the lucky one who gets to sleep with Drew. Joy, oh, joy…

BUT!! It will be warmer, much warmer!, then it is here in MN. Especially after today and bringing the kids to daycare when it was -10. I cannot wait to hang outside with the kids, put them in their car seats WITHOUT bulky jackets, and not feel so house-bound. Oh, and we’re going to make a day trip down to the Gulf of Mexico!! I’m actually excited about it. So is Sophia. Drew doesn’t really have a clue, so he’s not as excited about it. lol Ten whole days of nicer weather is just what the doctor ordered.

Ron will have a few days at home, ALONE, before he leaves for India. I know for a fact that he’s really looking forward to it. He’ll be gone for just over a week. He’s never been and he’s looking forward to it. He loves traveling, especially internationally, but hasn’t gotten to do much since we’ve had the kids. So, I’m really happy for him and looking forward to hearing all about his adventures and seeing pictures.

Wow, there was so much dust I think I had to blow multiple, multiple times! I’ve been thinking that I’d like to get back to blogging. In fact, I came back to update and realized I didn’t know the URL. Oops! I stumbled upon an old comment and used that link to get here. Yes, it’s been that long.

I’d like to say I have some amazing, enlightening, thought-provoking post for you at this moment, but alas, I do not. I’m working on a final presentation for work and really just don’t want to do it. lol I have a bunch of cleaning that needs to be done, but I don’t want to do that, either. (Ron has strep but didn’t find out until Sunday. Thus, the house is a wreck from the long weekend since the kids and Ron were home on Monday.) I’d love to be knitting, but I really can’t afford to do that until I get this report done. (You might ask: Then why are you blogging? The answer: I’m procrastinating!!!)

But I do plan on returning at some point with some more interesting posts. Perhaps even pictures of my recent knitting!